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Balanus  Da Costa, 1778
Taxonomic Serial No.: 89600

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   ClassMaxillopoda Dahl, 1956  
                      SubclassThecostraca Gruvel, 1905  
                         InfraclassCirripedia Burmeister, 1834 – barnacles, bernacles  
                            SuperorderThoracica Darwin, 1854 – barnacles  
                               OrderSessilia Lamarck, 1818 – sessile barnacles  
                                  SuborderBalanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 – acorn barnacles  
                                     SuperfamilyBalanoidea Leach, 1817  
                                        FamilyBalanidae Leach, 1817  
                                           GenusBalanus Da Costa, 1778  
    Direct Children:  
                                              SpeciesBalanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854  
                                              SpeciesBalanus aquila Pilsbry, 1907  
                                              SpeciesBalanus balanus (Linnaeus, 1758)  
                                              SpeciesBalanus calidus Pilsbry, 1916  
                                              SpeciesBalanus crenatus Bruguière, 1789  
                                              SpeciesBalanus decorus Darwin, 1854  
                                              SpeciesBalanus eburneus Gould, 1841 – ivory barnacle 
                                              SpeciesBalanus engbergi   
                                              SpeciesBalanus flos   
                                              SpeciesBalanus flosculus   
                                              SpeciesBalanus galeatus   
                                              SpeciesBalanus glandula Darwin, 1854  
                                              SpeciesBalanus hoekianus   
                                              SpeciesBalanus improvisus Darwin, 1854  
                                              SpeciesBalanus laevis Bruguiere, 1789  
                                              SpeciesBalanus merrilli   
                                              SpeciesBalanus nubilis   
                                              SpeciesBalanus nubilus Darwin, 1854  
                                              SpeciesBalanus pacificus   
                                              SpeciesBalanus pentacrini Hoek, 1913  
                                              SpeciesBalanus perforatus   
                                              SpeciesBalanus regalis Pilsbry, 1916  
                                              SpeciesBalanus reticulatus Utinomi, 1967  
                                              SpeciesBalanus rostratus Hoek, 1883  
                                              SpeciesBalanus spongicola Brown, 1827  
                                              SpeciesBalanus subalbidus Henry, 1974  
                                              SpeciesBalanus tintinnabulum   
                                              SpeciesBalanus trigonus Darwin, 1854  
                                              SpeciesBalanus venustus Darwin, 1854  
                                              SpeciesBalanus vestitus Darwin, 1854  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Balanus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gruvel, A.   
  Publication Date: 1905   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Monographie des Cirrhipèdes ou Thécostracés   
  Page(s): 472   
  Publisher: Libraires de L'Academie de Medicine   
  Publication Place: Paris, France   
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  Reference for: Balanus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Young, Paulo S. / Young, Paulo S., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Maxillopoda: Thecostraca   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Catalogue of Crustacea of Brazil, Série Livros, no. 6   
  Page(s): 263-285   
  Publisher: Museu Nacional   
  Publication Place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   
  ISBN/ISSN: 85-7427-001-6   
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  Reference for: Balanus   
       

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